Hair-cutting device



F. 1. PRICE ANDM. W. GALLAWAY.

HAIR CUTTING DEVICE. APPLICATION mm AUGJ, 1920.

Patented May 23, 1922.

"mnmunnmw 11 MM Mm m 2 entrain stares FRANK J. PRICE, OF BRQOKLYN, AND IEERRILL W. GALLAVVAY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAIR-CUTTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ma as, race.

Application filed August 7, 1920. Serial No. 401,831.

To aZZ whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that we, FRANK J. Pinon and MERRILL W. (innit twat, citizens of the United States, reslding at Brooklyn, New 1 ork, and New l ork city, N. 1., respectively, have invented a new and useful Hair- Cuttin Devlce of which the followin 1s a specincation.

This invention relates to hair-cutting deform in which the invention may be em-' bodied, but it is to be understood that the drawings are for illustration only and not for limiting the invention.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is an elevational view partly broken away of a complete device taken in the direction of the arrow 1 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device when taken on a section at the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an elevational view partly broken away of the device shown in Fig. 1 and taken in the direction of the arrow 3;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blank before folding; and

Fig. 5 is a view of one form of a blade such as is contemplated to be used in the holder.

The holder may be made out of a blank 10 of the shape shown in Fig. 4. A central portion of one end of the blank is cut away as at 11 to provide bifurcations 12 and 13. A large number of narrow elongated apertures 1 1 are cut in the blank. They are spaced closed together, a distance about equal to their width and extend from near the root of the bifurcations 12-13 to the other end of the blank. The blank is fold ed centrally along the line a-a which eX- tends across the apertures 14 and the separating portions 15.

Comb-like teeth are thus formed along the line of fold, such teeth being made up of the metal portions 15 between the apertures 14 which apertures form the spaces between the teeth, and two walls 19 are provided facing or abutting each other. The margins of the blank are reversely folded thereby providing two blade-holding margins 18. Between each wall 19 and its adjacent margin 18 there is provided a longitudinal passageway 16 into which a blade 17 may be longitudinally slid into operative position and there held with its cutting edge 24: alongside the teeth, the lower margin of the blade overlapping the upper ends of the teeth. If the blades 17 are wedge-shaped, as shown in Fig. 2, then the guide-ways 16 should be correspondingly shaped. In this case the blank would be folded along the lines 6-1) and c c.

The two walls 18 and 19 of these guideways are pressed together to such an extent that they will exert a comparatively strong spring like action on the blades so as to hold them firmly in position. To provide a convenient handle for the hair-cutting device the folded over portions of the blank, which were originally bifurcations 12 and 13, are flattened on themselves as shown at 20 and 21 in. Fig. 3. This flattening also closes the right hand end of the blade pas sage ways at 22 and 23 to thereby limit the inner movement of the blades.

Instead of forming a handle in this mannor, the teeth may extend the entire length of the device so as to provide a comb.

In order that the blade may be readily withdrawn from the holder it may be provided with a convenient grip 25. One way of making such a grip is to roll over the back of the blade, as indicated. This finger piece may readily be gripped and the blade withdrawn from the holder for the purpose of sharpening it.

It thus appears that there has been provided an integral holder for the blades of hair-cutting devices made up of a single iece of material. This holder not only holds the blades in position but provides a handle and a comb for bringing the hair into a position to be cut by the blades. When the blades are removed the device may readily be used as a comb.

What is claimed is:

1. A sheet metal holder for the blades of a hair-cutting device wherein the sheet is folded centrally to provide a V-shaped portion having comb-like teeth, the margins of the sheet being folded reversely to provide external guide-ways for the blades.

2. A sheet metal carrier for the blades of hair-cutting devices having a series of laterally arranged comb-like teeth formed by centrally folding blank provided With a series of laterally arranged, narrow elongated apertures which are separated by'narrow strips of metal, said carrier also having reversely folded margins providing longitudinal passageways of tapered cross-section to permit a wedge-shaped blade to be longitudinally slid into operative position with its cutting edge alongside the teeth.

3. A sheet metal blade-holder of a hair cutting device wherein the sheet is folded centrally on itself and has comb-like teeth along the line of fold, the margins of the sheet being folded reversely to provide external guideways in which the blades are securely held by said margins.

4. A sheet metal carrier for the blades of hair-cutting devices having a series of comblike teeth formed by centrally folding a blank provided with a series of laterally arranged narrow elongated apertures which are separated by narrow strips of metal, said carrier also having reversely folded blade-holding margins providing longitudinal passageways to permit a blade to be longitudinally slid into operative position and there heldwith its cutting edge alongside the teeth.

5. A sheet metal bladeholder of a haircutting device having comb-like teeth along its edge and comprising two adjacent Walls 19 each having its margin folded clown- Ward toward the teeth and on opposite sides thereof to provide external guideways in Which the blades are securely held by said margins adjacent to the teeth substantially s escribed.

FRANK J. PRICE. MERRILL W. GALLAWAY. 

